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Charlotte Ashlock commented on Brad Casenave, DCB Intern's blog post Adventures of an Intern in PublishingLand: Episode I"I used to be Jeevan's intern..... I'm happy you're having fun! I like your writing style! Can you write your next blog entry about something funny that happens to you?
http://ashlockcharlotte.wordpress.com/"
Charlotte Ashlock commented on Jeevan Sivasubramaniam's blog post A Mosque Blossoms in Manhattan...or Not"They didn't want to build the mosque in order to build bridges, though. They just wanted to pray, go to the gym, and do their little activities. If it were me, I wouldn't cave, out of sheer orneriness. I've always thought that if you…"
Charlotte Ashlock posted a blog postAren't We All Just So Special
Blogging, vlogging, tweeting: the commotion never stops. Anything to prove we’re just as special as everyone else. In the famous words of DASH, from the animation movie The Incredibles, “Saying everyone is special, is just a way of saying no one is.”I sympathize with you, Dash. I too am hiding my mutant superpowers in a hopeless attempt to conform with societal norms. If only my story could end as happily as yours did. How did we become such cynics, Dash? Aren’t you supposed to be a carefree…See More
Charlotte Ashlock posted a blog postPractical vs. Sentimental Environmentalism
This video shows environmentalists sitting in the middle of the forest, crying, wailing, and mourning for dead trees. This video has been widely circulated and mocked, and I would be the first to admit these people do seem rather ludicrous.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VThQr8fDiLA&feature=relatedHowever I do have something in common with them. When I was in middle school, my parents cut down a little blue spruce…See More
Jeevan Sivasubramaniam commented on Charlotte Ashlock's blog post How School Ruins Writers"Well said, Ashlock. This relates back to our discussion about how university libraries are well-stocked with graduate theses that no one will ever look at because they were never actually intended to be read."
"Bravo, Charlotte. Your last paragraph says it all. "Man, if you've got a good story-- tell it, from the heart. If you've got good argument-- make it, please without referring to Locke or Hobbes." As we say at BK to avoid…"
Charlotte Ashlock posted a blog postHow School Ruins Writers
C.S. Lewis, in his celebrated Narnia Chronicles, told of a runaway princess named Aravis who escaped the evil empire of Calormen and an unwanted marriage by fleeing across the desert. When a talking horse becomes her traveling companion, he demands to hear her story. Aravis sits up straight, speaks in a low melodious voice, and blows everyone away by telling her life story in the manner of a grand epic. Lewis explains her eloquence by writing, "In Calormen, story-telling (whether the stories…See More
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Blogging, vlogging, tweeting: the commotion never stops.…
ContinuePosted on August 10, 2010 at 11:34pm
Practical vs. Sentimental Environmentalism
This video shows environmentalists sitting in the middle of the forest, crying, wailing, and mourning for dead trees. This video has been widely circulated and mocked, and I would be the first to admit these people do seem rather ludicrous.
However I do have something in common with them. When I…
Continue Posted on July 6, 2010 at 1:04pm
How School Ruins Writers
C.S. Lewis, in his celebrated Narnia Chronicles, told of a runaway princess named Aravis who escaped the evil empire of Calormen and an unwanted marriage by fleeing across the desert. When a talking horse becomes her traveling companion, he demands to hear her story. Aravis sits up straight, speaks in a low melodious voice, and blows everyone away by telling her life story in the manner of a grand epic. Lewis explains her eloquence by writing, "In Calormen, story-telling (whether the stories… Continue
Posted on June 17, 2010 at 7:23pm — 2 Comments
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